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Pg 1
Describe how you will use the four management functions to create value in a given organization. Discuss the importance of technical skills, conceptual skills, and interpersonal skills. How could you use any of these skills to manage both the internal and external environments?
Note: Your examples can be either from your personal or business world. The four important functions of managers include planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The three important skills are namely conceptual skills for strategic planning, technical skills for operational and interpersonal skills for building sustainable.
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PG2
Do you think that when managers make decisions they follow the decision-making steps as presented in this chapter? Which steps are apt to be overlooked or given inadequate attention? What can people do to make sure they do a more thorough job?
Note: Decisions are made daily in both our personal lives and the business world. As managers, every decision we make affects either people or expenditures of resources. In this example, either your personal decision or a business decision is acceptable for illustration.
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PG3
Using an Internet browser or a college's library research portal, identify a recent article from such business news outlets as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business, Forbes, or Fast Company that describes a company that is changing its short-term and long-term business strategies. Please read the article and provide answers to the following questions:
1. How would you describe the company's former business strategy?
2. Why is the company changing its strategy? What external forces are encouraging it to change?
3. How would you describe the new business strategy?
4. What strategic goals or major targets does the company hope to achieve?
5. How does the company intend to translate its new strategic goals into tactical or operational plans? Which levels of management will carry out these plans?
6. To what extent do you think the new strategy will be successful in addressing or adapting to external forces?
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